Another spot

Well, my 8yo showed me a small red spot (about the size of a penny) on her thigh a few days ago. I was hoping and praying it was just a little irritated spot. . The day after she showed it to me the first time it had a top on it, and I knew it was MRSA. We were able to drain it over the next few days, used our medicine trio and kept it covered with a bandage. Today it looks like it's drying up and no other spots have appeared! That's great news, as most of the time when one comes, many follow. There's definitely progress.

I'm considering doing a Vitamin C cleanse. It helps rid the body of toxins, and I really feel like it's hanging out "in" us somewhere. I'm researching it now and will keep you posted.

Warning: Pictures Added

I just added some pictures of how we've seen MRSA in our family. The one's I've taken of the large boils didn't come out. I only have some small spots, a rash that developed small pustules that tested positive for MRSA and a picture of me in the hospital when the MRSA turned to cellulitis. Hopefully we won't have any more large one's to take pictures of, but if so, I'll post them then. They are at the bottom of the page, beware if you are sensitive.

Record for the girls!

Well the girls have been Mrsa-free for a while now. My 4yo is going on 26 days, and my 8 yo 20 days. It's been wonderful!

It's not gone completely though, I have had a small spot for a few days now on my forearm. I've been treating it with colloidal silver, bactroban, and tea tree oil and keeping it covered and it looks like it's healing now. Praying the girls stay clear!

Still looking good!!!

I forgot what it was like without MRSA going on with someone in the house! Girls still looking better than ever. Anyone out there dealing with MRSA, I would really suggest taking Milk Thistle with your antibiotic. We have been dealing with this for over a year, and this time it cleared up much better than usual and we are hitting a record for how long it's been gone. I'm hopeful! The milk thistle is the only thing we did differently. Our kinesthesiologist suggested it. If I understood him correctly, the MRSA cell is hard to penetrate, and sometimes the antibiotic is kicked out of the cell before it can really get rid of it. The milk thistle is suppose to help the cell allow the antibiotic in. This is totally my interpretation of how he explained it, but it seems to have helped.

Now, the news I got yesterday. The doctor we found that has been so supportive and helpful is closing!!! I don't know all the details, but apparently she is going to start writing instead of being a doctor. I'm praying we find another one soon, in case we have any further MRSA episodes.

Wow....what a great 2 weeks!

Well, my 4yo has been MRSA spot free for 12 days now, and my 8yo for 6 days! It may be a few days more than that, but that's how long they've been off of antibiotics. Actually, their skin looks better than ever! Really, it's so soft and supple. It's never been that way!

I am so thankful, these last couple weeks have been great. My 4yo still itches a lot, I think some allergy we haven't figured out yet. We joke that she is allergic to sleep, because, of course it's worse when she is laying in bed doing nothing and can concentrate on it more.

We just sent off a test kit for both girls testing their GI tract to see if there is any underlying issues there. I suspect my 8yo has an intolerance or allergy for wheat, soy, and milk. We'll see what the test shows. We will be taking both of them back to our Kinesthesiologist within the next two weeks for more allergy treatments.

Another blessing....My 4yo helped peel eggs for deviled eggs at Grandma's this weekend! Oh, the simple pleasures she has missed out on because of her egg allergy. No cookie baking for the holidays....always watching the other kids enjoying this....but she never complained about it. She knew what would happen, the itching, red, burning on her skin. But now, none of that! Thank you Lord!

Specialist? I guess not....

I got a call from our doctor yesterday. She was calling Wake Forest to set up an appointment with the specialist. Well, they said it would be a waste of a trip to go up there and that what we are doing is what they would suggest anyway. They did give a couple of suggestions, increase Hibiclens to 2-3 times per week for a few months (instead of once per week) and Bactroban nasally 2-3 times a day for 6 weeks. Both of these are to help cut down the colonization on their skin. We have done the Bactroban nasally, but only for 2 weeks. Everything else they suggested, we already do. At first, I was frustrated and not happy about the news, but then a friend reminded me that it was a blessing. It's better to know now instead of waste the time and money to go up there, pay for the trip and doctor visits, and then find out that they wouldn't do anymore than we already are doing.

Their skin actually looks wonderful right now. My 4yo's looks better than ever!!! Her back feels soft and supple! It has never felt that way before! Our last visit to our kinesthesiologist, he gave her a parasite syrup, because she tested positive for a certain parasite. Anyone out there dealing with eczema, I would hightly suggest trying this. She has done this "cleanse" twice in the past year, and both times gave the best results we have ever seen. Parasites are actually very common in children, especially ones that put things in their mouths a lot. The kind we used was Dr. Christopther's Parasite Syrup. It's not great tasting, but my 4 yo is able to handle it.

Right now, both girls are MRSA-free. At least on their skin, from all outward appearances. I still feel like it's been coming from the layers of the skin or GI tract or somthing, and that the antibiotic just isn't getting to it all. The spots just come up from nowhere and has never been where their eczema is. Mostly they get spots on their legs, arms, and torso. Both of them have eczema mostly on their feet, hands, and knees.

During the last round of antibiotics on both girls we gave them milk thistle seed with it. Our kinesthesiologist suggested it (the one that does the NAET allergy treatments). So far, no recurrances of MRSA, so hopefully it helped the antibiotic get in there and do it's job.

We'll keep doing what we are doing, and pray, pray, pray!